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Lizette & Arnold
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What a great time we had in Malmö. Birgitta and Håkan’s home is just your dream's holiday home. We travelled with our son and girlfriend and the house easily accommodated us. Spacious, light, cozy, and so well equipped. Breakfast in the lovely open kitchen, reading in the lounge area, making our 1000-piece jigsaws on the dining table in the light and sleeping in our cozy bedrooms with private bathrooms. The location of the apartment – a lovely historic building - was fantastic: a 5 minutes’ walk to the shopping area with lovely bakeries like Gateau and the St. Jakobs Stenugnsbageri (incredibly delicious croissants). In Malmö we loved the bakeries, coffee/teashops and had our wonderful Swedish meatball experience at Bullen – 4 min walk from the apartment (book ahead,, it is always fully booked). Two train stations are at 10 - 15 minutes walking distance for easy trips to Lund, Copenhagen or the airport. The neighbourhood is quiet and bustling at the same time: large upscale apartment buildings with inner courtyards and in between sweet small squares with cozy little restaurants. The characteristic bustling old town is at less than a 10 min walk. Looking for fresh fish? Cross the street and walk through the beautiful park along the water to Fiskehoddorna (open mornings only). The apartment is so nicely decorated – we loved the wall with the colourful canvases and all the special Christmas decorations. Due to the weather (heavy rains, storms and snow) and the Christmas period,(shops closed) we stayed a bit more inside than we usually do. Or was it because the apartment was so nice that we just didn’t want to go out? We did 4 jigsaw puzzles! of 1000 pieces.! Håkan and Birgitta were so kind to us - they left the loveliest apple juice, cookies, gifts and a fridge full for lunch and drinks for us. Apart from lovely Malmö, it is so easy to visit other places. We went to Lund (charming) and visited Copenhagen twice: 4 trains/hour and just a ½ hour ride. Don’t miss the spectacular Louisiana museum 1 hour from Copenhagen; you can reach that with train/bus (1:50 hr) but we did that by car crossing the famous bridge. Highly, highly recommended. We had a wonderful, homely Christmas in the home of what we definitely can say “our Swedish Friends”. We can’t wait to host Birgitta and Håkan back in Amsterdam. Thank you so much!
